The effect of relative plasma plume delay on the properties of complex oxide films grown by multi-laser, multi-target combinatorial pulsed laser deposition

Applied Surface Science

Volumn 255, Issue 22, 2009, Pages 9066-9070

  Sloyan, Katherine A ^a   May Smith, Timothy C ^a   Eason, Robert W ^a   Lunney, James G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Combinatorial; Garnet crystal; Langmuir probe; Laser plasma; Pulsed laser deposition; Thin film

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM COMPOUNDS; GALLIUM COMPOUNDS; GARNETS; ION BOMBARDMENT; LANGMUIR PROBES; LASER BEAM EFFECTS; LASER PRODUCED PLASMAS; LATTICE CONSTANTS; OXIDE FILMS; PLASMA INTERACTIONS; PULSED LASER DEPOSITION; THERMAL PLUMES; THIN FILMS;

COMBINATORIAL; COMPLEX OXIDE FILMS; ELEMENTAL COMPOSITIONS; GARNET CRYSTALS; IN-PLANE STRESS; LASER PLASMA; PLUME PROPAGATION; RELATIVE TIME DELAYS;

PULSED LASERS;

EID: 68649112023     PISSN: 01694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2009.06.106     Document Type: Article

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